<a href="/node/572">Swapping Children</a>AfO 50 no. 1<p>AfO 50, no. 1 (BM 94598)<br />
[f.Ishunnu, daugh]ter of […] has spoken to Lâbaši-[Marduk, son of …]-Marduk from the Iddin-Papsukkal family, thus:~~(l. 1-3)<br />
"Since I have been living with Iddin-Nabû, your slave, as (his) wife, we have taken Nabû-bullissu, our foster child, from a dog's mouth and raised him. And I have born (a child named) Laqipu to him."~~(l. 4-8)<br />
Voluntarily (lit: "in the consent of her heart") f.Ishunnu has given Nabû-bullissu, the foster child whom they took from the dog's mouth and raised him, to Lâbaši-Marduk as a slave.~~(l. 9-13)<br />
And Lâbaši-Marduk voluntarily has released Laqipu to f.Ishunnu.~~(l. 14-15)<br />
They have taken (a copy of the document) each.~~(l. 16)<br />
Names of five witnesses and scribe.~~(l. 17-22)<br />
[…], 10[+]th day of the 1st month of the year [x] of Darius, [king of Babylon and the lands].</p>C. Wunsch, Findelkinder und Adoption nach neubabylonischen Quellen, AfO 50 no. 1Archiv für Orientforschung vol. 50, 2003-04, p. 174-244, no. 1between 521 and 486 BCNeo-Babylonianclay tabletprobably Borsippa<a href="/taxonomy/term/40">Manumission</a>